Tag Archive for: U.S. history

Pulitzer Winner Prof. David Garrow on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement
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Award-Winner Prof. David Reynolds on Abraham Lincoln & American Civil War Culture
This week on “The Learning Curve," co-hosts Gerard Robinson and Cara Candal talk with David Reynolds, a Distinguished Professor of English and History at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, selected as one of the Top Ten Books of the Year by The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. Professor Reynolds shares what teachers and students alike should know about the culture of Civil War America, primary education in that era, and the wide variety of influences on Lincoln’s thinking and leadership.

Draft History and Social Studies Frameworks Continue Trend Toward Dumbing Down Public School Content
Weaker ELA and math standards have already produced declines…

Celebrating Presidents’ Day & K-12 U.S. History Instruction
As we celebrate Presidents' Day, Pioneer Institute is pleased…

Study Highlights Best Practices For Establishing and Updating K-12 History Standards
Massachusetts should be cautious in updating its highly regarded…

New Report on Advanced Civics for U.S. History Teachers, Preface by Churchill Biographer
Study Recommends That States Require Passage of U.S. History…

Study: Common Core ELA Standards Will Further Harm U.S. History Instruction
Study Says Common Core ELA Standards Will Further Harm U.S. History…

U.S. history lessons getting short shrift
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